Classic Biscotti Cookies

Italians certainly won't advise anything bad! Double-baked homemade cookies with slightly elongated almonds are a classic biscotti recipe. In general, there is an incredible variety of preparation of this dry cookie: with raisins, with cranberries, and even with walnuts.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the recipe composition
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 15 % 10 g
Fats 11 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 74 % 48 g
294 kcal
GI: 2 / 0 / 98

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Add the twice-sifted flour to the bowl. Add sugar and baking powder for the dough.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the eggs and beat them into a bowl with flour.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Mix the future dough with a spoon.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Add milk to the bowl. It can be both cool and room temperature. There is no difference.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Carefully pour out the dough. If it is no longer convenient to do this with a spoon, then knead with your hands.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Almonds can be left whole. But I pre-shredded it a little with a knife. Crumbs should not be sought here either, because with more or less large pieces when slicing biscotti, they will look appetizing.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Add almonds to the dough and mix, achieving an even distribution of nuts on the dough. From the dough, roll a bar about four centimeters wide. And slightly flatten it at the edges. Place on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil and bake at a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees for twenty minutes. I used a special Teflon baking mat.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    This is how the bars look after the first baking. They gripped well and increased in volume. But they should still be soft inside.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    With a sharp knife, cut the bars diagonally diagonally into pieces one and a half centimeters wide. Put back on the baking sheet and bake again in the oven at the same temperature (one hundred and eighty degrees) for half an hour. Or until the cookies become completely dry.

This classic version of biscotti is called "Biscotti di Prato" - Biscotti di Prato. And of the nuts, it traditionally contains only almonds. But if desired, you can add pistachios, cranberries, or even a glass or two of fragrant amaretto to the cookies.
Baking for the second time is designed to completely dry the biscotti. These cookies should be very dry, crisp and airy.
Due to the absence of excess moisture, such cookies can be stored for a very long time, up to several months. But I recommend keeping it for no longer than two weeks.
Biscotti turned out to be moderately sweet, with a delicate almond flavor. In principle, you can even increase the number of nuts so that their taste is more pronounced.
As a breakfast with a strong fragrant Americano, my rosy biscotti went with a bang.
Bon appetit!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Almonds nuts - 609   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79   kcal/100g

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